[Austroturf]

There is absolutely zero reason to play a game like this. It accomplishes pretty much nothing to advance either team's cause, it's boring AF, a  colossal rip-off for fans, and there is only injury downside for both squads.  

It's worse than pre-season NFL, and that is horrid.

Well, what it's supposed to do is give the team a break between big games (like U$C and Oregon). Whether it actually did that or not is questionable.

Good point.  If Stanford had led 30-3 at the half, then the "break" would have been real.  Grinding out a dominant victory over four quarters is not a break.  It's business as usual.

[Austroturf]

There is absolutely zero reason to play a game like this. It accomplishes pretty much nothing to advance either team's cause, it's boring AF, a  colossal rip-off for fans, and there is only injury downside for both squads.  

It's worse than pre-season NFL, and that is horrid.

Well, what it's supposed to do is give the team a break between big games (like U$C and Oregon). Whether it actually did that or not is questionable.

Good point.  If Stanford had led 30-3 at the half, then the "break" would have been real.  Grinding out a dominant victory over four quarters is not a break.  It's business as usual.